Day 8 (saturday): Bashall Eaves to Penrith

Trip distance; 67miles
Av speed; 10.64

Set off from the Red Pump Inn after another full English into beautiful sunshine and stunning countryside. However, also with that we had some pretty steep hills to go up and down and up. Arrived in high Bentham after crossing the best scenery I'd encountered so far on the trip through the Forest of Bowland.

A stock upon lucozade later we continued the 8 miles to Kirby Lonsdale where we found a good little pub in a nearby village for a cheese ploughmans. My back wheel at this point had started to buckle quite badly and I contemplated but decided against diverting across the hills into kendal instead carried onto get it fixed at our destination to save on time.

Following the B roads hugging the railway and m6, we moved slowly along the east side of the lake district before climbing a long shallow 5+ mile hill into Shap. The a6 then provided the route to Penrith and our accommodation at the Norcroft guest house run by Paul who was very helpful in helping with getting my back wheel sorted. A great curry at Cagneys in the town centre before heading off to bed.